Issue:
Setup Laser or InkJet w/ Mac Airport Extreme. Printer setup occurs perfectly on Mac. However, printer won't print or prints one time and then won't print again until Airport is rebooted, or configuration is updated and it cycles.
Solution:
As Airport emulates HP JetDirect, to setup a Mac do the following:
1. Let the Printer auto install via Bonjour.
2. Open up the CUPS system in a browser via:
http://localhost:631
3. Click the Administration tab or link option (depends on CUPS version).
4. Click the Manage Printers option.
5. Click the Printer name to open it.
6. Under the Administration drop down option, click the option to Manage Printer.
(Note: Is a button in the older CUPS software.)
7. Under or beside Other Network Printers, choose the option AppSocket/HP Jet Direct.
8. Click Continue.
9. Next to Connection, enter socket://10.0.1.1:9101, where the 10.0.1.1 is your Airport IP.
(Note: Airport Jet Direct socket is not standard, it is: 9101.)
10. Click Continue.
11. Leave rest at their defaults, and click the Modify Printer button to save.
CUPS will reload and try printing several jobs.
Notes for PC Setup:
1. Click the Add a Printer option.
2. Click Next.
3. On the Add Printer Wizard dialog, click the Local printer attached to this computer.
4. Uncheck the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer option.
5. Click Next.
6. Select the option for Create a new port Standard TCP/IP Port.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Next.
In the new Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard...
9. Enter the Printer Name or IP Address field, enter the IP address of the Airport: 10.0.1.1.
(Note: the Port Name will automatically be populated with: IP_10.0.0.1.)
10. Click Next.
11. Change the Standard field option to Hewlett Packard Jet Direct.
12. Click Next.
13. Click Finish.
Back in the Add Printer Wizard ...
14. Select the Manufacturer and the Printer model.
15. Click Next.
16. Update the Printer name field if desired.
17. Update the option Do you want to use this printer as the default printer? if desired.
18. Click Next.
19. Click Next.
20. Click No on the test page. (It won't print yet.)
21. Click Next.
22. Click Finish.
You're over half done.
23. Return to the list of Printers and Faxes in the Control Panel.
24. Locate the printer you named in step 16 above.
25. Right click the printer, and choose Properties.
26. Click the Ports tab.
27. Select the port used by the printer (e.g. IP_10.0.0.1).
28. Click the Configure Ports button.
29. Change the port number from standard 9100 port to 9101.
30. Click OK.
31. Click Close.
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